Are you part of the 8% that SUCCEEDS?

It is the month of January and the beginning of a New Year! A New Year always brings with it a new beginning, renewed energy, hope, joy and the mindset to achieve whatever we missed the year or years before. It is the time where most of us actively and excitedly set goals or take resolution for the coming year. However, before we know it, we settle into the usual saga all too soon. Statistics shows that only 16% of people think of goals or resolutions. Out of this 16%, 92% fail to achieve their goals by the end of the year. Can you believe that only 8% achieve their Goals? For example, out of 1000 people, only 160 people think of goals and only 12 achieve them- that is 12 out of 1000 people only succeed!!! Do goals help you to succeed? – Of course they do! Imagine in a football game, scoring without a goal post- that is the importance of having a goal. Similar to your performance appraisals, measures and metrics are determined and you evaluate yourself against them at the end of the year, in case you didn’t have them- what will you rate yourself out of? If we were to apply the statistics pertaining to goals to performance appraisal, only 8% will succeed and this is close to the upper percentile in a bell curve.

What do you need to do to be part of this 8% that succeeds? By researching and reading extensively on goal setting and reasons for failure, I have arrived at the top 5 things that need to be considered when setting goals with an intention to achieve them.

1. Taking on too much

Don’t let yourself get carried away with the list of things you would like to do for the entire year. When you list a number of things to be achieved, it is easy to get lost, spend your time and energy on a number of things, in turn not achieving much or none at all. It is advised to take up 5 strong goals for one year because each of these goals will have a number of tasks each to be accomplished. Moreover on achieving them, it will feel good when you look back at the end of the year. The more number of times you let go of a goal, you lose confidence and the interest to set a goal and achieve it.

2. A strong Reason- Why you want to do what you want to do?

Your purpose is the overall meaning and reasoning behind the way you live your life. Those who live with purpose understand that their time on Earth may be short but the positive difference that they make can last much longer. Your goals should, at least in some small way, help you to live your purpose. When we set goals for the wrong reasons and chase after things we don’t really need or desire; we aren’t driven to pursue them, commit to them or achieve them and end up wasting a great deal of time, energy and money that could have been spent pursuing things that resonate with us.

3. Planning & Reviewing

Setting a goal is only the beginning; the entire uphill task is planning, reviewing and achieving that goal. Unless there is a plan on how to go about achieving your goal, you are less likely to take action and the goal itself will fade away. It also gives you direction, allow you to better set your priorities as well as ensure that you stay on track in the pursuit of your goals. Once the plan is in place, the next important step is to review it as often as it demands. Review is the yardstick with which you can measure whether you are achieving your milestones or not. It is also gives you an opportunity to gauge whether the actions you have taken are giving you the desired results.

4.Commitment & Will Power

Now this is the key to the entire success story! Unless you are committed to doing what you have set your heart to, results will never occur. This requires a lot of will power, both go hand-in-hand. If your goal is to reduce weight, will power to avoid junk food and commitment to eating right and exercising will make all the difference. Despite a strong reason, irrespective of an elaborate plan, without commitment and will power you can kiss your goal a ‘goodbye’!

5.Visualisation

This is a very strong technique to achieve your goals. Every action happens twice, once in our mind and then in reality. Based on a survey conducted among small business owners who used a vision board or other visual representation when starting their business, 76% of them said that currently their business is where they envisioned it would be when they started it.

Another key technique is to make it obvious- share your goals with as many people as you can, or write it in place you constantly look into, or share it on social media and keep updating your progress. This way you would hold yourself accountable and will be compelled to accomplish it.

Hope this helps you to achieve your goals for this year! All the best!

Sundar

The training program conducted by Giant Leap for our staff to empower them to higher levels of performance was very impressive. We are feeling the change in the attitude of our staff in a positive way after attending the program. We plan to engage Giant Leap for many other programs to enable putting up a high performing team.

Partner - Vaithisvaran & Co

Raghubalan Kanagasabai

We are associated with Giant Leap for our soft skill programs since 2013 . Giant Leap has a pool of talented trainers on various soft skill topics. Giant Leap has been a valuable partner for our training requirements. On programs like time management, communication skills etc there is a visible improvement on employee’s productivity. The confidence level of our employees have gone up. I commend Giant Leap.

Manager – HR BI Worldwide

Nagarajan Subramaniam

We had utilized Giant Leap Training services to train our dealer front line sales force on sales skills enhancement. The partcipants thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. They found it as a value add and very much relevant to their job deliveries. We are completely pleased with the quality of training delivery. The energy levels and enthusiam was simply amazing and made a big impact with the participants. Overall it was a transformational experience for our teams and we strongly recommend Giant Leap.

Renault India

Ashraf

I attended the “LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL” program by Ganesh on May 2014 and it was a powerful learning experience for me. I was AMAZED with the profound insights and the practical strategies shared by Ganesh. Being a Trainer myself, I have attended many programs and I would say it was one of the best programs in terms of content, fun, practical exercises and excellent facilitation.” I highly recommend this program to anyone who is interested in making their life truly beautiful.

Director - Life Academy

Vrindha L

I attended this program “Life is Beautiful” through MMA. I was actually going through some difficult situations in my life and was frustrated… and yes that day Ganesh Kumar made me realise that indeed life is beautiful. The program starts energetically with some activities and then feeding some motivation and gratitude within us. The mode of training was excellent. Overall it was an excellent program.

L&D - Hyundai Motor India

Prof Anand. J

We have been associated with Giant Leap since 2014 and it has been a wonderful experience. The design and delivery of programs by Giant Leap are very unique. Their programs have created a lasting impact on our employees.

Co founder & Principal Consultant - Chennai Consulting Group

Dr. A Selvam

I have seen Mr. Ganesh, CEO of Giant Leap in action and his passion towards training is really awesome.His commitment is exhibited in all the programmes that he has conducted. He transforms individuals thereby organisation as well. We have been associated with Giant Leap since 2014 for training our Management Students and found their service very professional and satisfactory. We have seen a sound improvement in our student's confidence to attend the placements after attending Giant Leap training programs.

Principal - Sri Ramachandra College of Management

KK Muthiah

The pace of the training was right and the trainer involved all of us in the discussion. The videos and case study are more impressive and relevant for the topic. The topic is useful for me and I recommend this training for others who missed it. As a result of participating in the training I feel more confident in the area of Leadership and Team building. I feel it has made reasonable increase in my abilities within the job role.

Team Lead - Tenth Planet

Dr.R.Rajachandrasekar

It was a pleasure having Giant Leap Team at our college for an effective Faculty Development Programme on Emotional Intelligence and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). The programme was very content-full, best illustrated and more of a transformative one. All participant faculties have been immensely benefited by Mr. Ganesh's lucid presentation and dexterity with which he has handled the sessions.They also pointed out that the the sessions were interactive, communicative and infectious in spirit and values.​We recommend this programme to other colleges for their value added Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs).

Placement Director - AIHT

Mr.Bharath Gopalan

" What makes Ganesh Kumar of Giant Leap stand out is his inimitable style - he blends light-hearted humour with serious learnings that makes him resonate well with the participants of all kinds. The dedication, energy and involvement Giant Leap brings into their training offerings is highly commendable. With Ganesh's steadfast leadership, Giant Leap is sure to grow leaps and bounds"

GM- Learning and Development , The Ramco Cements

Sivasankar A

Overall experience with Giant Leap was great. Our employees enjoyed each and every session and the feedback received from the individuals are encouraging us to organise many such programs. One of the good thing I liked was learning happened with lots of fun. Employees never complained that their holiday was engaged with attending a training programs. In fact we are happy to see that they have already started practicing their learning in their day-to-day work. As a Training Vendor you were able to understand our needs & delivered the right programs. Coordination was done well. Looking forward to have more association.

Regional Manager, HR (South) - Agility Logistics Pvt Ltd

Elsa John

Our association with Giant Leap, though a very recent one , has been very rewarding in terms of the quality of trainings rendered. The trainers are very knowledgeable and approachable. The training methodology is very lucid and highly interactive and thereby well received by our employees. Their flexibility to personalize to our requirements makes Giant Leap a very collaborative partner for GILSS. We wish Giant Leap all the best for all their future endeavors and hope to continue & grow in associating with their services.

Process Manager - Gil Shared Services Pvt Ltd

Dheera V R

“ We have conducted two workshops namely Life is Beautiful and Emotional Intelligence for the Faculty of our University during the month of February 2016. The highlight of these programs are that, it is completely a fun filled way of learning. The participants are very happy and contended with the training delivered by Mr. Ganesh. I have been receiving a lot of requests from Faculty members for repeating the same training program for those who have not attended. I would definitely recommend this training for all. Looking forward to conducting many more training programs with Giant Leap”

Manager Training - Hindustan University

Mr. Dinesh Prabhkar

I have received nothing but rave reviews from the staff who attended your workshop! I can’t thank you enough for launching our EQ initiative and getting our managers excited about the next steps. I have had the pleasure of working with Ganesh as well as attending an EQ course he facilitated. Ganesh’s well honed facilitation skills and level of professionalism are exemplary. His leadership skills and dedication to promoting the understanding of emotional intelligence and his extensive knowledge set him apart in this field. I highly recommend Ganesh’s work and ability to inspire.